Book Review of Solvents and Solvent Effects in Organic Chemistry, 4th ed.

摘要

This is the fourth, updated, and enlarged edition of Reichardt's well-known book on solvents and solvent effects in organic chemistry. A second author, Welton, has joined Reichardt's effort in order to add a more diversified orientation toward green chemistry, environmental impact, and ionic liquids. Many of the newest references are for publications dealing with such topics. Compared to previous editions, the number of pages continued the steady increase of about 20% for each new edition, taking into account that, unlike previous editions, the present volume no longer contains an author index. A detailed 15-page subject index concludes the volume, after a comprehensive bibliography of 97 pages. A 40-page appendix including tables about properties, purification, toxicity, and uses of solvents for reaction media, recrystallization, extraction, chromatography, electrochemistry, and titrations has its own bibliography for each table.